Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
cipher .
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Examples
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Evan found out about it and he stopped payment on a check to keep Liu-cifer from ripping him off even more.
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Evan found out about it and he stopped payment on a check to keep Liu-cifer from ripping him off even more.
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Evan found out about it and he stopped payment on a check to keep Liu-cifer from ripping him off even more.
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And twyes noȝt is but noȝt. þ {ere} for {e} doubul the merke aboue þe cifers hede, þe quych betokenes þe halue {n} del of 1, & þat schal be 1. do away þe cifer & þe merke, & sett þ {ere} 1,
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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Cast 5 to 5, þat wylle be ten. now do away þe hyer 5, & write þ {ere} a cifer.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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The man is actually an articulate (to Americans) cifer.
Marc Lynch 2009
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& þat wel be 4; do away 2 & set þ {ere} 4. þen doubul þe cifer, & þat wel be noȝt, for a 0 is noȝt.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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þ {a} t 1. place a cifer, yf þ {ere} come mony figur {es} aft {er}. lo an
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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¶ Also do away þe 9. & set þ {ere} a cifer, & þen cast þat 1 þat stondes vpon þe hede of 3 to þe same 3, & þ {a} t schall {e} make 4, þen caste to þe ylke 4 the figur {e} in þe neyþ {er} rewe, þe quych is 2, and þat schall {e} be 6.
The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902
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